Olympus E-M1 vs Panasonic FH6

Lets take a closer look at the Olympus E-M1 and Panasonic FH6, former being a Pro Mirrorless while the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by competitors Olympus and Panasonic. The image resolution of the E-M1 (16MP) and the FH6 (14MP) is relatively similar but the E-M1 (Four Thirds) and FH6 (1/2.3") use different sensor measurements.

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The E-M1 was launched 22 months later than the FH6 which makes the cameras a generation apart from each other. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Olympus E-M1 being a SLR-style mirrorless camera and the Panasonic FH6 being a Compact camera.

Before delving in to a detailed comparison, below is a quick summary of how the E-M1 scores against the FH6 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Here is a preview of the gallery photos for Olympus OM-D E-M1 & Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH6. The complete galleries are available at Olympus E-M1 Gallery & Panasonic FH6 Gallery.

If you're going to lug around your camera frequently, you will need to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus E-M1 provides outside measurements of 130mm x 94mm x 63mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.5") along with a weight of 497 grams (1.10 lbs) whilst the Panasonic FH6 has proportions of 96mm x 56mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") having a weight of 119 grams (0.26 lbs).

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Take into account, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have chosen at the time. Here is the front view size comparison of the E-M1 compared to the FH6.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the E-M1 and FH6 is 71 and 96 respectively.

Oftentimes, it is tough to picture the gap between sensor measurements just by reviewing technical specs. The graphic below will help give you a much better sense of the sensor measurements in the E-M1 and FH6.

As you have seen, both of the cameras have got different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The E-M1 featuring a bigger sensor is going to make getting shallower depth of field simpler and the Olympus E-M1 will offer you more detail utilizing its extra 2MP. Higher resolution can also make it easier to crop photographs much more aggressively. The younger E-M1 should have a benefit when it comes to sensor innovation.